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The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter 52: Toxicology

by Alexandre Dumas, pére

The Count of Monte Cristo speaks to Madame Villefort about poisons and chemistry.

The Castle of Otranto

Chapter IV

by Horace Walpole

Frederic explains to Hippolita that he is destined by Heaven to do her harm. When she explains that she understands, it grieves him.

Main Street

Chapter 28

by Sinclair Lewis

Fern Mullins, the new high school teacher, arrives from Minneapolis. Carol and Fern, having much in common, quickly become friends. Carol considers restarting the dramatic club.

On his journey to Knowlesbury Walter is assaulted. He narrowly escapes days in jail by calling upon a friend. His discovery at the lawyers leads him to believe he has found out Sir Percival's secret. There is a shocking turn of events back at the church.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Chapter 22: A Gritty State of Things Comes On

by Charles Dickens

Miss Twinkleton pays a visit to London.

David Copperfield

Chapter 35: My Depression

by Charles Dickens

David admits his feelings for Dora to Miss Betsey, who reacts unexpectedly to the news. David attempts to recoup some money for Miss Betsey. Agnes informs David of her own family's situation.

Jane Eyre

Chapter XVIII

by Charlotte Brontë

The guests stay at Thornfield for several days. Rochester and Blanche compete as a team at charades. From watching their interaction, Jane believes that they will be married soon though they do not seem to love one another. Blanche would be marrying Rochester for his wealth, and he for her beauty and her social position. One day, a strange man named Mr. Mason arrives at Thornfield. Jane dislikes him at once because of his vacant eyes and his slowness, but she learns from him that Rochester once lived in the West Indies, as he himself has done. One evening, a gypsy woman comes to Thornfield to tell the guests’ fortunes. Blanche Ingram goes first, and when she returns from her talk with the gypsy woman she looks keenly disappointed.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

The Premature Burial

by Edgar Allan Poe

The narrator's strange condition causes him to develop an acute fear.

David Copperfield

Chapter 42: Mischief

by Charles Dickens

Mr. Wickfield and Agnes visit the Strongs. David's encounter with Uriah leaves him feeling morally inferior.

The Last of the Mohicans

Chapter 12

by James Fenimore Cooper

Hawkeye and the Mohicans defeat the Hurons and rescue the captured members of the group. Magua escapes as the group continues to move towards the safety of the fort.

Walden; or, Life in the Woods

Sounds

by Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau describes the many sounds that can be heard from his cabin.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Book Eighth, Chapter 6

by Victor Hugo

Having been with his garrison for a period, the recovered Captain Phoebus arrives in Notre Dame as the crowd gathers for punishment of Esmeralda. Upon seeing Captain Phoebus, the condemned Esmeralda collapses just before she is rescued by Quasimoto.

The Call of the Wild

Chapter 7: The Sounding of the Call

by Jack London

John Thornton settles his debts and he and Buck head east where they soon find a good fortune, but it does not last. Buck joins a new pack.

A Florida Sketch-Book

Chapter 10: “Walks About Tallahassee”

by Bradford Torrey

The narrator arrives in Tallahassee in time to hear a political economist speak. The narrator then goes on to describe Tallahassee itself.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Adventure 4: “The Gloria Scott”

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

While in college, Holmes visits a friend and strikes a tender spot when talking to his friend’s father. This leads him into his investigation of a mystery involving blackmail.

Wuthering Heights

Chapter 10

by Emily Brontë

Heathcliff returns to Thrushcross Grange a few months after Catherine and Edgar were married. While Heathcliff stays at Wuthering Heights, Catherine and Isabella visit him; Isabella falls for Heathcliff in the process.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Chapter IV: “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Holmes is contacted by Violet Smith. When she is followed by a strange man in a bicycle, Holmes decides to get to the bottom of it. When Violet is abducted, Holmes goes after the cyclist and discovers they’re both on the same side. Holmes tracks down the killers.

Tales of the Jazz Age

The Jelly-Bean

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Jelly-Bean, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a short story following Jim Powell, an excessive gambler and outcast who has given up on polite society, as he tries to impress his new love interst, Nancy Lamar.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

The Purloined Letter

by Edgar Allan Poe

An unnamed narrator tells how a Parisian detective, Auguste Dupin, solves a case of a “purloined letter.” The letter belonged to the Queen, and the man who took it had switched it with a plain letter, and was using the information contained in the stolen letter to blackmail the Queen. The police Prefect wants Dupin to figure out how to catch the man, and Dupin reasons his way through the case, eventually nabbing the thief by using his own technique against him—switching letters back.